diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 44583ab..aefaefb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ An example is shown here:
 curl -X POST http://localhost:8080/stackql \
      -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
      -d '{
-           "query": "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM aws.ec2.instances_list_only WHERE region = '\''ap-southeast-2'\''",
+           "query": "SELECT COUNT(*) as count FROM aws.ec2.instances_list_only WHERE region = '\''ap-southeast-2'\''",
            "params": {
              "region": "ap-southeast-2"
            },
diff --git a/demo.sh b/demo.sh
index 580988c..669548f 100644
--- a/demo.sh
+++ b/demo.sh
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 LOGLEVEL=DEBUG docker compose up --build
 
 docker compose exec api deno test --allow-net tests/api.test.ts
+docker compose exec api deno test --allow-net tests/duckdb.test.ts
 
 curl -X POST http://localhost:8080/stackql \
      -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
      -d '{
-           "query": "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM aws.ec2.instances_list_only WHERE region = '\''$region'\''",
+           "query": "SELECT COUNT(*) as count FROM aws.ec2.instances_list_only WHERE region = '\''$region'\''",
            "params": {
              "region": "ap-southeast-2"
            },
@@ -15,10 +16,15 @@ curl -X POST http://localhost:8080/stackql \
 curl -X POST http://localhost:8080/stackql \
      -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
      -d '{
-           "query": "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM aws.ec2.instances_list_only WHERE region = '\''ap-southeast-2'\''",
+           "query": "SELECT COUNT(*) as count FROM aws.ec2.instances_list_only WHERE region = '\''ap-southeast-2'\''",
            "showMetadata": true
          }'
 
 # SELECT COUNT(*) FROM aws.ec2.instances_list_only WHERE region = 'ap-southeast-2';
 
+export SQL_QUERY="SELECT country_region AS country, CAST(SUM(confirmed) AS INTEGER) AS total_confirmed, CAST(SUM(deaths) AS INTEGER) AS total_deaths, COUNT(*) AS record_count FROM read_csv_auto('s3://covid19-lake/archived/enigma-jhu/csv/Enigma-JHU.csv.gz') GROUP BY country_region ORDER BY total_confirmed DESC LIMIT 5"
+curl -X POST http://localhost:8080/duckdb \
+     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+     -d "{\"query\": \"${SQL_QUERY}\", \"showMetadata\": true}"
+
 docker compose down
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diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 9bede20..812711c 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -42,6 +42,24 @@ services:
       retries: 3
     command: stackql --pgsrv.port=5444 srv
 
+  duckdb:
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: duckdb.Dockerfile
+    expose:
+      - 5433
+    environment:
+      - AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
+      - AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
+      - AWS_REGION
+    volumes:
+      - duckdb-data:/app/data
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "/app/healthcheck.sh"]
+      interval: 10s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 3
+  
   api:
     build:
       context: ./src
@@ -49,9 +67,16 @@ services:
     environment:
       DB_HOST: runner
       DB_PORT: 5444
+      DUCKDB_HOST: duckdb
+      DUCKDB_PORT: 5433
       LOGLEVEL: ${LOGLEVEL:-INFO}
     ports:
       - "8080:8080"
     depends_on:
       runner:
-        condition: service_healthy
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+        condition: service_healthy
+      duckdb:
+        condition: service_healthy        
+
+volumes:
+  duckdb-data:
diff --git a/duckdb.Dockerfile b/duckdb.Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d34874b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/duckdb.Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+FROM debian:bullseye-slim
+
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y wget \
+    && wget https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/releases/download/v1.2.0/duckdb_cli-linux-amd64.zip \
+    && apt-get install -y unzip \
+    && unzip duckdb_cli-linux-amd64.zip \
+    && rm duckdb_cli-linux-amd64.zip \
+    && apt-get remove -y wget unzip \
+    && apt-get autoremove -y \
+    && apt-get clean
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+COPY scripts/startup.sh /app/
+COPY scripts/healthcheck.sh /app/
+
+RUN chmod +x /app/startup.sh /app/healthcheck.sh && \
+    mv /duckdb /app/duckdb
+
+EXPOSE 5433
+
+HEALTHCHECK --interval=10s --timeout=5s --start-period=5s --retries=3 \
+    CMD ["/app/healthcheck.sh"]
+
+CMD ["/app/startup.sh"]
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diff --git a/scripts/healthcheck.sh b/scripts/healthcheck.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4427e73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/healthcheck.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+test -f /app/healthy && ./duckdb mydatabase.db ".databases" > /dev/null 2>&1
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diff --git a/scripts/startup.sh b/scripts/startup.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d84d543
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/startup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+./duckdb mydatabase.db ".databases" > /dev/null 2>&1 || ./duckdb mydatabase.db
+touch /app/healthy
+tail -f /dev/null
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diff --git a/src/Dockerfile b/src/Dockerfile
index b06ae31..20bff00 100644
--- a/src/Dockerfile
+++ b/src/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,23 @@
 # src/Dockerfile
 FROM denoland/deno:latest
+
+# Install DuckDB dependencies
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
+    wget \
+    unzip \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+# Install DuckDB shared library
+RUN wget https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/releases/download/v1.2.0/libduckdb-linux-amd64.zip \
+    && unzip libduckdb-linux-amd64.zip \
+    && mv libduckdb.so /usr/lib/ \
+    && rm libduckdb-linux-amd64.zip
+
 WORKDIR /app
+
 COPY . .
-RUN deno cache --reload --unstable app.ts
-EXPOSE 8080
-CMD ["run", "--allow-net", "--allow-env", "--watch", "app.ts"]
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+
+# Cache the dependencies
+RUN deno cache deps.ts
+
+CMD ["deno", "run", "--allow-net", "--allow-env", "--allow-read", "--allow-write", "--allow-ffi", "--unstable", "--watch", "app.ts"]
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diff --git a/src/app.ts b/src/app.ts
index 57da775..3bd922a 100644
--- a/src/app.ts
+++ b/src/app.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { errorHandler } from "./middleware/error.middleware.ts";
 import { healthRouter } from "./routes/health.routes.ts";
 import { queryRouter } from "./routes/query.routes.ts";
 import { metaRouter } from "./routes/meta.routes.ts";
+import { duckdbRouter } from "./routes/duckdb.routes.ts";
 
 const app = new Application<Context>();
 
@@ -28,10 +29,12 @@ app.use(errorHandler);
 app.use(healthRouter.routes());
 app.use(queryRouter.routes());
 app.use(metaRouter.routes());
+app.use(duckdbRouter.routes());
 
 app.use(healthRouter.allowedMethods());
 app.use(queryRouter.allowedMethods());
 app.use(metaRouter.allowedMethods());
+app.use(duckdbRouter.allowedMethods());
 
 app.addEventListener("error", (evt) => {
   logger.error(`Uncaught error: ${evt.error}`);
diff --git a/src/config/environment.ts b/src/config/environment.ts
index 7f4f0f2..1fd5eca 100644
--- a/src/config/environment.ts
+++ b/src/config/environment.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ export const config = {
       name: 'stackql',
       user: 'stackql',
     },
+    duckdb: {
+      host: Deno.env.get('DUCKDB_HOST') || 'localhost',
+      port: Number(Deno.env.get('DUCKDB_PORT')) || 5433,
+    },    
     logging: {
       level: Deno.env.get('LOGLEVEL') || 'INFO'
     }
diff --git a/src/controllers/duckdb.controller.ts b/src/controllers/duckdb.controller.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4487d8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/controllers/duckdb.controller.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+// controllers/duckdb.controller.ts
+import { Context } from "../types/context.types.ts";
+import { QueryRequest, QueryResponse } from "../types/api.types.ts";
+import { duckdb } from "../services/duckdb.service.ts";
+import { logger } from "../services/logger.service.ts";
+
+export async function executeQuery(ctx: Context) {
+  if (!ctx.request.hasBody) {
+    ctx.response.status = 400;
+    ctx.response.body = { error: "Request body required" };
+    return;
+  }
+
+  try {
+    const body = await ctx.request.body.json();
+    const reqData: QueryRequest = typeof body === "string" ? JSON.parse(body) : body;
+    logger.debug(`DuckDB request: ${JSON.stringify(reqData)}`);
+
+    const startTime = new Date().toISOString();
+    const t0 = performance.now();
+    
+    const rows = duckdb.query(reqData.query);
+    logger.debug('DuckDB raw result:', JSON.stringify(rows));
+
+    // Try wrapping result in a more basic structure
+    const data = Array.isArray(rows) ? rows : [rows];
+    logger.debug('Processed result:', JSON.stringify(data));
+
+    const response: QueryResponse = {
+      data,
+      ...((reqData.showMetadata !== false) && {
+        metadata: {
+          operation: {
+            startTime,
+            endTime: new Date().toISOString(),
+            duration: `${performance.now() - t0} ms`,
+            status: 'OK'
+          },
+          result: {
+            rowCount: data.length
+          },
+          request: {
+            query: reqData.query
+          }
+        }
+      })
+    };
+
+    logger.debug('Final response:', JSON.stringify(response));
+
+    ctx.response.type = 'application/json';
+    ctx.response.status = 200;
+    ctx.response.body = response;
+
+  } catch (error) {
+    logger.error(`DuckDB query execution failed: ${error.message}`);
+    logger.error(`Stack trace: ${error.stack}`);
+    ctx.response.status = 400;
+    ctx.response.body = { error: error.message };
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/src/routes/duckdb.routes.ts b/src/routes/duckdb.routes.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c5393fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/routes/duckdb.routes.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+// routes/duckdb.routes.ts
+import { Router } from "../deps.ts";
+import * as duckdbController from "../controllers/duckdb.controller.ts";
+
+export const duckdbRouter = new Router()
+  .post("/duckdb", duckdbController.executeQuery);
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diff --git a/src/services/duckdb.service.ts b/src/services/duckdb.service.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c752b21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/services/duckdb.service.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+// services/duckdb.service.ts
+import { open } from "https://deno.land/x/duckdb/mod.ts";
+import { config } from "../config/environment.ts";
+import { logger } from "./logger.service.ts";
+
+class DuckDBService {
+  private db;
+  private connection;
+
+  constructor() {
+    this.db = open(":memory:");
+    this.connection = this.db.connect();
+    this.init();
+  }
+
+  private async init() {
+    try {
+      // Install and load httpfs extension for S3 access
+      this.connection.query("INSTALL httpfs;");
+      this.connection.query("LOAD httpfs;");
+
+      // Configure S3 credentials if available
+      const awsAccessKey = Deno.env.get("AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID");
+      const awsSecretKey = Deno.env.get("AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY");
+      const awsRegion = Deno.env.get("AWS_REGION");
+      
+      if (awsAccessKey && awsSecretKey && awsRegion) {
+        this.connection.query(
+          `SET s3_access_key_id='${awsAccessKey}';
+           SET s3_secret_access_key='${awsSecretKey}';
+           SET s3_region='${awsRegion}';`
+        );
+      }
+      logger.info("DuckDB initialized successfully");
+    } catch (error) {
+      logger.error(`DuckDB initialization failed: ${error.message}`);
+      throw error;
+    }
+  }
+
+  query<T>(sql: string): T[] {
+    try {
+      logger.debug(`Executing query: ${sql}`);
+      const results: T[] = [];
+      
+      for (const row of this.connection.stream(sql)) {
+        logger.debug('Row:', row);
+        results.push(row as T);
+      }
+      
+      return results;
+    } catch (error) {
+      logger.error(`DuckDB query failed: ${error.message}`);
+      throw error;
+    }
+  }
+
+  close() {
+    try {
+      this.connection.close();
+      this.db.close();
+    } catch (error) {
+      logger.error(`DuckDB closing failed: ${error.message}`);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+export const duckdb = new DuckDBService();
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diff --git a/src/tests/duckdb.test.ts b/src/tests/duckdb.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8be4dd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tests/duckdb.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+// tests/duckdb.test.ts
+import { assertEquals, assertExists } from "https://deno.land/std@0.208.0/assert/mod.ts";
+
+const SQL_QUERY = `
+  SELECT country_region AS country,
+         CAST(SUM(confirmed) AS INTEGER) AS total_confirmed,
+         CAST(SUM(deaths) AS INTEGER) AS total_deaths,
+         COUNT(*) AS record_count
+  FROM read_csv_auto('s3://covid19-lake/archived/enigma-jhu/csv/Enigma-JHU.csv.gz')
+  GROUP BY country_region
+  ORDER BY total_confirmed DESC
+  LIMIT 5
+`;
+
+Deno.test("DuckDB Integration Tests", async (t) => {
+  await t.step("Query execution - COVID-19 Dataset", async () => {
+    const response = await fetch("http://localhost:8080/duckdb", {
+      method: "POST",
+      headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
+      body: JSON.stringify({
+        query: SQL_QUERY,
+        showMetadata: true
+      })
+    });
+
+    assertEquals(response.status, 200);
+    
+    const data = await response.json();
+    assertExists(data.data);
+    assertExists(data.metadata);
+    assertEquals(Array.isArray(data.data), true);
+    
+    if (data.data.length > 0) {
+      const firstRow = data.data[0];
+      assertExists(firstRow.country);
+      assertExists(firstRow.total_confirmed);
+      assertExists(firstRow.total_deaths);
+      assertExists(firstRow.record_count);
+    }
+  });
+});